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Area surrounding downtown courthouse was temporarily cordoned off

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Updated: 6:34 PM CDT Jun 15, 2017

Source: Man said 'you're all going to die' after storming into federal courthouse

Area surrounding downtown courthouse was temporarily cordoned off

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Updated: 6:34 PM CDT Jun 15, 2017

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WEBVTT TONIGHT LOCKDOWN AT, A MILWAUKEE'S FEDERALCOURTHOUSE.POLICE RESPONDED TO A MAN WHORAN INSIDE, MAKING BOMB THREATS.AS 12 NEWS TERRY SATER REPORTS,POLICE TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY.>> A BOMB THREAT LEADS TO LUNCHHOUR CHAOS AT THE FEDERALCOURTHOUSE IN DOWNTOWNMILWAUKEE.POLICE SAY SHORTLY BEFORE 11:00THIS MORNING MAN RAN INTO THE, A COURTHOUSE, MAKING THREATS.A LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCE SAYSTHE SUSPECT IS USED THE WORDSALLAH AND BOMB IN A FOREIGNLANGUAGE AND SAID, YOU'RE ALLGOING TO DIE AS HE WAS BEINGESCORTED OUT.THIS MINIVAN WAS LEFT ABANDONEDIN A NO PARKING ZONE RIGHT INFRONT OF THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE.FEDERAL AUTHORITIES CALLED IN ABOMB SQUAD AND THEY SEARCHED THEMAN'S VEHICLE.>> YOU NEVER KNOW IF THAT STUFFIS GOING TO SPREAD TO HOMETOWNUSA.>> ATTORNEY JOHN DRIES SAYSAFTER WHAT HAPPENED AT THECONGRESSIONAL BASEBALL PRACTICEWEDNESDAY, A NEW THREAT HERE INMILWAUKEE IS TROUBLING.>> I'M VERY CONCERNED.THAT BUILDING OCCUPIES A BIGCHUNK OF MY LIFE.GOING IN THERE NOT KNOWING I'MSAFE IS VERY NERVE-RACKING.ESPECIALLY SINCE WHAT HASHAPPENED OVER THE LAST SEVERALDAYS.>> AUTHORITIES SAY NO BOMB WASFOUND.THE 32-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT HAS AHISTORY OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.IN MILWAUKEE, TERRY SATER, WISN12 NEWS.PATRICK: FEDERAL PROTECTIVESERVICES TELLS US THE FEDERALBUILDING AND COURTHOUSE HAVE

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MILWAUKEE —

A man stormed into the federal courthouse downtown on Thursday and used the words "Allah" and "bomb" in a foreign language and said, "You're all going to die," as he was being escorted out, a law enforcement source told WISN 12 NEWS.

Nearby, federal authorities searched a minivan that was left abandoned in a no parking zone.

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No bomb was found, but the incident prompted authorities to cordon off the courthouse, at 517 East Wisconsin Avenue, to traffic and pedestrians.

The 32-year-old man taken into custody has a history of mental health issues, an official said.